Posted on January 6, 2021 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
By now, you may have heard about palm oil: it’s a substance used in many products as a preservative, appearing in everything from foods to bath soaps.
Unfortunately,
That’s why it’s so disheartening to learn that a brand like
“Earth Balance” that produces vegan products and claims to be both environmentally and animal friendly actually uses it in their products.
Palm oil is a vegetable oil made from the fruit of an African oil palm tree and it’s the leading cause of orangutan extinction. That’s because these primates’ habitat is being cleared rapidly to make room for palm oil plantations.